March 8, 2026 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent survey reveals a significant shift in payment habits on UK high streets, with one in seven shops—equivalent to 14%—having eliminated cash acceptance over the past 12 months. Conducted by Link, the UK’s primary ATM and cash access network, the research polled 1,116 small… Read More

 Tagged cash, link, payments, research, survey, uk

March 8, 2026 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a development signaling deeper collaboration between legacy banks and fintechs, global banking services providers Citi (NYSE: C) and HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) have each taken strategic equity positions in Adaptive. The firm has carved out a strong reputation as a provider of bespoke trading solutions,… Read More

 Tagged adaptive, citi, fintech, hsbc

March 8, 2026 @ 10:36 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Spreedly this week announced that agentic commerce is now live as a channel within its open payments platform, enabling merchants to process agent-initiated transactions over their existing payment infrastructure. Spreedly enables agent-initiated transactions to flow through existing payment service provider (PSP) relationships while merchants remain… Read More

 Tagged agentic commerce, AI Agents, Justin benson, spreedly

March 8, 2026 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle Holdings plc (LSE: FCH) released its full-year 2025 financial results on 5 March 2026, highlighting a year of remarkable expansion and profitability. The UK’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance platform reported gains across key metrics, achieving its 2026 revenue target a full… Read More

 Tagged funding circle, performance results, uk, united kingdom

March 8, 2026 @ 9:41 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Cyclops announced an $8 million strategic investment from Castle Island Ventures, F-Prime and Shift4 Payments to build the stablecoin and crypto platform exclusively for the payments industry. Created by repeat founders Pat Duffy, Alex Wilson and David Johnson, the new platform enables payment… Read More

 Tagged Alex Wilson, Cyclops, david johnson, Luke Thomas, Pat Duffy, sean judge, stablecoins

March 7, 2026 @ 6:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Wirex unveiled Wirex Agents – a non-custodial infrastructure layer enabling AI agents to create stablecoin cards, open virtual accounts, and execute autonomous financial transactions directly onchain. AI is already managing workflows like subscription operations, payout routing, and cost settlement, but execution still often stops… Read More

 Tagged AI Agents, blockchain, pavel matveev, stablecoins, wirex, Wirex Agents

March 7, 2026 @ 6:13 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

UQPAY, a Singapore-headquartered global fintech company, has launched a dual-rail full-stack payment platform, purpose-built to help businesses operate across traditional finance and stablecoin-based payment ecosystems. Supporting 200-plus markets and more than 140 currencies, the platform integrates global acquiring, global accounts, card issuing, and stablecoin accounts… Read More

 Tagged Jack Li, payments, stablecoins, UQPAY, Web3

March 7, 2026 @ 4:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crossover Markets this week announced a $31 million Series B financing round. The round values Crossover at $200 million and was led by Tradeweb Markets (Nasdaq: TW), a global provider of electronic trading across asset classes, with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Ripple, Virtu Financial,… Read More

 Tagged Billy Hult, brandon mulvihill, crossover markets, CROSSx, tradeweb

March 7, 2026 @ 4:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Vivox AI, a UK-based technology company building regulator-ready, atomic AI agents for AML, KYB/KYC and financial crime, has raised £1.3 million (€1.5 million) to accelerate product development and scale its enterprise platform. The round includes backing from Axel Weber, former president of Germany’s central bank… Read More

 Tagged AU Agents, Axel Weber, compliance, Dan Cobley, Tim Khamzin, Vivox AI

March 7, 2026 @ 4:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Billtrust this week introduced Agentic Credit Lines, a new AI‑powered capability that helps finance teams proactively identify payment risk and make faster, more confident credit decisions. Agentic Credit Lines, embedded in the Billtrust Credit Review workflow, analyzes payment history, utilization patterns, and external credit data… Read More

 Tagged Agentic Credit Lines, billtrust, Lee An Schommer, payments